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JD - 29 Mar 2007 23:24 GMT
For the past few weeks I'm getting several of these tmp. files in Documents
and Settings/Owner/Local Settings. When I try to delete them I am told that
I cannot because they are "in use."
I have no programs running besides Windows, and I have never had Adobe Photo
Shop installed, so I'm wondering if anyone can explain why these files are
now appearing. One popped into the window as I was viewing it.
Here is a snippet from one the these files:

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JD - 31 Mar 2007 22:31 GMT
I'm wondering if it could be my home page (Comcast.net) that is using Adobe
Photoshop?
Possibly malware of some kind? Neither Spy-Bot nor Ad-Aware find anything
amiss.
The only registry references to Adobe are related to the PDF reader.
Is it significant that the file contains "Adobe Photoshop CS Windows"?
> For the past few weeks I'm getting several of these tmp. files in
> Documents and Settings/Owner/Local Settings. When I try to delete them I
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